Awaiting Report Status Update 4.27.26

Sobrinho-Wheeler (Lead); Zusy

(Lead) 26-19 Order in support of transparency and consistent publication of meeting agendas and materials. 05/11/26 Simmons (Lead); Zusy (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler 26-20 Order RE: Capital budget lifecycle reconciliation prior to FY27 approval. 04/27/26 Simmons (Lead); Zusy (Lead); Flaherty 26-22 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with relevant city departments as well as the election commissioners to review guidance from the IRS and consult with other municipalities in order to simplify our processes for paying election workers and pay workers by stipend without mandatory withholdings or municipal retirement contributions. 06/15/26

Nolan (Lead); Sobrinho-Wheeler

(Lead); McGovern; Zusy 1

Awaiting Report Status Update 4.27.26

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Notes 26-23 That the City Manager is requested to work with the City Council and relevant City departments on the process by which Cambridge can expand free early child care offerings, including models for means-tested programming, and exploration of non-City funding sources, from the state or foundations. 04/27/26

Nolan (Lead); McGovern; Siddiqui

26-25 That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct all City departments, boards, commissions, and offices to discontinue all official posting and engagement on X within 60 days; and to include an explanation of why the City will no longer use X. 05/11/26

Al-Zubi (Lead); Nolan

26-26 03/23/26 That the City Manager is requested to direct the Community Development Department and the Transportation Department to meet with Harvard's Office of Community Relations and the Longwood Collective (MASCO) to harmonize institutional bus protocols with public-facing commitments. Al-Zubi (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead);

Nolan; Sobrinho-Wheeler

26-27 03/23/26 That the City Manager is requested to direct relevant City departments and staff to examine and report back on whether the city can require single-stall public bathrooms to be gender-neutral. McGovern (Lead); Azeem;

Siddiqui; Simmons

26-28 03/30/26 Review the current legal landscape and provide recommendations for how to regulate construction of data centers in Cambridge and protect residents and local resources and utilities from their impact. Pending Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead);

McGovern; Zusy

26-29 03/30/26 Raise the fee to receive a residential parking permit program for all residents to $75, to more accurately reflect the cost of administering the program, and consider how to include a self-identified check off option so as not to increase administrative costs for a subsidized fee of $25 for residents who live in affordable housing, are enrolled in a program such as SNAP or are low income. Nolan (Lead); Zusy (Lead);

McGovern; Sobrinho-Wheeler

26-30 04/13/26 Provide a report on how the decision to install artificial turf was made, the rationale for artificial turf, and what process was taken to ensure community concerns and public health considerations were fully addressed, and to ensure that construction will not move forward until a report is delivered. Nolan (Lead); Siddiqui (Lead); McGovern 2